Responding to Count Me In Too… Using Research For Change

The groundbreaking research carried out by Count Me In Too has been used by a wide range of organisations, statutory services and community groups to promote positive social change for LGBT people in Brighton and Hove. Here are just a few examples how the findings of Count Me In Too have been helped to support such change.

RISE

As a result of Count Me In Too, the LGBT Domestic Violence Working Group got funding to recruit an LGBT development worker, and a GBT Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA). Both posts are hosted by RISE and employed by Broken Rainbow.

The LGBT development worker will produce an action plan to ensure domestic violence services are accessible and meet the needs of LGBT people, and that local LGBT services can respond effectively to domestic abuse. They will also develop an LGBT Domestic Violence training resource for all services.

‘The posts are quite ground breaking, and a really exciting opportunity for Brighton & Hove to begin providing specialist support for LGBT people experiencing DV.’

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

‘As a result of the findings within Count Me In Too, the Trust has decided to respond proactively in reaching out to LGBT and T people to raise awareness of mental health issues. There is a desire to show key mental health routes and that we are listening to what local LGB and T people want and showing how we provide it by demonstrating our services are LGBT affirmative.’

Allsorts Youth Project

Count Me In Too is used in training for adults, to show that LGBT people (especially bi and trans people) in Brighton & Hove have additional needs and specific experiences.